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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of SEI Daily Income Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of the SEI Daily Income
Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended January 31,
1999, we considered its internal control, including
procedures for safeguarding securities, in order to
determine our auditing procedures for the purpose
of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR,
not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of SEI Daily Income Trust is
responsible for establishing and maintaining internal
control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls.
Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing
financial statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. Those controls include
the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control,
errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions
or that the effectiveness of the design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in internal control
that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition
in which the design or operation of one or more of the
internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the
normal course of performing their assigned functions.
However, we noted no matters involving internal control
and its operation, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses
as defined above as of January 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and
use of management, the Board of Trustees of the SEI
Daily Income Trust, and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 12, 1999
